Month: December 2014

In 2012, Jolanta Yeasky, then 58, slipped and hit her chin, breaking her lower jaw in two places. The surgeon who performed emergency surgery at her local hospital stabilized the fracture using a metal plate and 18 screws.

Shortness of breath can be a symptom of myriad conditions, and identifying the underlying cause isn’t always clear-cut. To aid in this process and speed the time to treatment, the Cooper Breathing Center offers a one-stop multidisciplinary resource for accurate, …

The Cooper Heart Institute, under the direction of Perry J. Weinstock, MD, Head of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease, has recently added more clinical firsts to its already-impressive roster of achievements – testament not only to the cutting-edge cardiac …

Mindfulness–focusing on the breath along with any associated feelings and bodily sensations–is the simplest and one of the most researched forms of meditation.When integrated into cognitive or behavioral treatments –an approach called mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT)–it has been proven in …

Of the estimated 20 percent of Americans who are chronic GERD sufferers, 10 percent to 15 percent will develop Barrett’s esophagus. This premalignant condition increases the risk of developing esophageal adenocarcinoma, one of the fastest-growing cancers in the U.S. today– …